Ask Howard about Oriental Massage Parlors

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I've seen a lot of news stories alleging that the women in AMP's are sex slaves, but I think it's at least 90% BS. It just doesn't match what I've seen. I got to know one woman who worked in an AMP fairly well. It was always as customer, but I did see her at her place when she wasn't working for a parlor for a while and she lived in a nice house, (was married, I think or had a live-in boyfriend), had a kid, and seemed to change jobs at will. Also, the atmosphere at most of the places seems relaxed and friendly. Now, I realize that they wouldn't be beating the girls in front of the customers, but I don't think you can have people enslaved and not give off a bad vibe. One of the reasons I have tended toward AMP's rather than escort services in recent years is that I've found the service to be generally friendlier and more enthusiastic from the AMP's. I would not expect this to be the case if the women were all being held against their will. Now, maybe I'm fooling myself here, but I don't think so.

OTOH, there was one parlor that I quit visiting because the women seemed awfully young--so young that I had doubts as to whether they were of legal age.